Junior Project Controls Engineer

Company Description

The UK government has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and, as such, is pushing ahead with significant investment in nuclear and renewable energies.

Assystem, as a leading provider of project management, design engineering & construction supervision services within the nuclear industry, has aligned its own strategy to support this switch to low-carbon energy, whilst also recognising transport and infrastructure systems to be a major factor in influencing the outcome of government policy.

By acquiring Logikal in 2023, Assystem reaffirmed their commitment to the UK’s energy transition by combining strengths with a long-established provider of expertise to the transport & infrastructure sectors. We deliver professional services within PMO project delivery, particularly in the areas of project planning, project controls, risk management and enhanced business intelligence.

Based on these solid foundations, our team continues to build on its existing capability and has ambitious plans to develop its reach within both the transport & infrastructure sectors and through the additional opportunities offered via the Assystem network within the nuclear sector.

Our objectives will ultimately be defined by our ability to attract and retain those talented individuals who share our vision and wish to join us in shaping the future.

Job Description

Job Spec

Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are recruiting for a dynamic, self-motivated Junior Project Controls Engineer to join our Birmingham Office

Job title: Junior Project Controls Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

We are looking for driven, adaptable project planning and controls consultants who have excellent technical skills and are able to build strong working relationships with both clients and project teams. 

Key responsibilities:

• Ownership of the populating and pushing of SmartCost2 information import sheets for the Calvert Section – cost, quantity, programme
• Responsible for ensuring that the accepted Cl32 is updated in Smartcost each month with the correct mapping of control accounts, feeding back to the planning team if there any corrections to be made.
• Lead cost to complete (CTC) review meetings and work with the commercial team to ensure that cost to complete is updated each month, to show the expected outcome for changes within the month, financial year, overall EAC etc.
• Push the updated cost information in Smartcost2.
• Responsible for gathering updates on progress with quantities from the delivery team, ensuring accurate actuals and forecast reported each month – gathering any explanations for changes to total quantities, and any variance between actuals and forecast.
• Assist Project controls manager with any requests/queries from HS2.
• Work with commercial and delivery team to consolidate information for the new bottom-up forecast. Prepared internal and client presentations.
• Pull together commercial and quantity progress slides for monthly CVR meeting, working with delivery and commercial managers to provide commentary.
• Update the Earned Value report each month, providing any commentary for top 5/bottom 5 SPI/CPI in each discipline.
• Provide comments for HS2 cost dashboard where necessary, explaining any variances in forecast in the month and actual in the month, EAC variances etc…
• Produce a monthly stakeholder dashboard for our biggest asset, gathering updates from different departments (design, commercial, health and safety, procurement, NCRs), providing the cost and quantity information.
• Produce a monthly section dashboard for HS2, gathering updates from departments.

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's Degree 
• Experience working on major infrastructure & construction projects ​
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel & Primavera P6
• Solid understanding of EVM & Project Reporting 
• Exceptional communication – you must be able to clearly explain technical concepts 
• Ability to work effectively under pressure & meet deadlines 

Good to have:

• Experience working for a consultancy
• Experience creating dashboards – Power BI / Tableau 
• Professional Membership

Additional Information

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.